Example sentences of "that it was his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are rumours that it was his African neighbours who wanted him locked up . |
| 2 | He considered that it was his primary duty to be a divine and theologian rather than a political bishop . |
| 3 | However , she rejected the offer to return without her husband 's remains , insisting that it was his dying wish to receive " a simple soldier 's burial " in his country of origin . |
| 4 | Earlier he had been officially advised that it was his legal right to have his solicitor present ; but surprisingly Downes had taken no advantage of the offer . |
| 5 | In context it seems more likely that it was his impatient response to Lipchitz 's well-intentioned nannying . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , in 7 BC this neat arrangement was interfered with in order to honour Augustus by renaming the month Sextilis after him ( he believed that it was his lucky month ) and assigning to it the same number of days as the preceding month that had been renamed after his murdered great-uncle by Mark Antony . |
| 7 | Wright already has six this term and although statistics will show he was only second on the bill yesterday , discerning patrons will appreciate that it was his intuitive skills that lifted the depression of a scrappy first 30 minutes . |
| 8 | It is a measure of Mr Smith 's extraordinarily well-starred political horoscope that it was his quiet , determined recovery from his illness — rather than illness itself — that leaves the more lasting impression in one 's mind . |